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(Im)possible worlds to conquer : a critical reading of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's Waiting for Visa / Mrunal Chavda, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ambedkar, B. R. (Bhimrao Ramji), 1891-1956. Waiting for a Visa.
- Ambedkar, B. R.
- Statesmen--India--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- Social reformers--India--Biography.
- Social reformers.
- Dalits--India--Social conditions.
- Dalits.
- Caste--India.
- Caste.
- Civil rights--India.
- Civil rights.
- India--Social conditions.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 208 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Dalit Autobiographies as A Way of Knowing the Dalit 'Self'
- 3. No More Worlds to Conquer: a critical reading of Ambedkar's Waiting for a Visa
- 4. Waiting for a Visa: Reminiscences or Remedy?
- 5. The Rhetoric of Ambedkar in Selected Works
- 6. Education, Exploitation and Empowerment of Dalits in Waiting for a Visa
- 7. Trajectory of Tolerance and Triumph: A Short Study of Ambedkar's Waiting for Visa
- 8. Language and Indian Social Discourse in Waiting for a Visa by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
- 9. The Social and Political Aggressions of B R Ambedkar: Interrogating his Childhood Traumas and Denial of Childhood
- 10. The Dalit Autobiography as a Critical Genre: Situating Ambedkar's Waiting for a Visa among Marathi Dalit Autobiographical Writings
- 11. Conclusion For a Way Forward.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 13, 2024).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: (Im)possible worlds to conquer.
- ISBN:
- 9789819996803
- 9819996805
- Publisher Number:
- 99996110786
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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